« Leaves | Main | Extreme Democracy for futurists (December 5, 6pm) » Altman's last laughAt least, his last laugh with Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, in an article about his "rebel spirit": The last laugh I shared with Altman onstage came when he was discussing A Prairie Home Companion. He said he had upset Garrison Keeler, who thought of the film based on his radio show as a light romp. Altman shook his head and said, "No it's not, it's a film about death. Virginia Madsen plays an angel who keeps picking people off. By the end of the picture she's practically taken the whole cast with her." In retrospect, Prairie feels even more like an elegy for a time past that won't come back. But Altman wouldn't go in for eulogies. "It's just death," he said, "nothing to be afraid of." jon posted this at 7:22 PM |
read weblogsky! latest posts: |
